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Keeping the Harvest: Preserving Your Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs, Canning, Jams and Jellies, Freezing, Pickling, Drying, Curing, Cold Storage (Down-To-Earth Book)
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #105276 in Books
- Published on: 1991-08
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 208 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
Covers freezing, canning, jams, jellies, pickles, relishes, brine curing, and drying, and provides specific instructions for vegetables, fruits, and berries.
Customer Reviews
It's written for the American market
Easy to read book but I didn't realise (when I purchased the book) that it's written for the American market. Terms included 'canning' (not to be confused with commercial canning) when in the UK we say 'Bottling' and everything is in cup measurements etc. Also harvest times are obviously different too.
I'm a 1st time canner & this book was helpful.
I found this book in the library and used it for my first garden bounty -- my first canned peaches, my first jam, and my first frozen green beans. Keeping the Harvest is informative, fairly comprehensive and simple to follow. I'm buying it now so I'll be ready for next summer!
A useful book
A comprehensive book of freezing, drying, pickling and jam making, one that only the really serious would want on hand.
If you are not sure if you want to go down the preserving route, perhaps borrowing the book first, before making up your mind, would be the best way to go.
There is one small draw back with this book, it has been written by an American for the American market, so all weights and measures are in cups, gallons, quarts etc, so unless you can work with US recipes, it will mean nothing to you on the recipe side.
But having said that, there is great detail on each of the preserving methods themselves which is very useful, including new US guidelines on safe food preserving, which is difficult to find here in the UK, but invaluable if you want to stay healthy after eating your preserved produce!
